Whistler's new peak to peak gondola - pretty fucking cool
 

http://ww1.whistlerblackcomb.com/p2p...ramPath_sm.jpg

http://ww1.whistlerblackcomb.com/p2p...ondola1_sm.jpg

it's going to be 4.4 km long, with the the maximum height being 415 m (almost 1400 feet) about the valley floor. only 4 towers, 51 million dollars to install. longest unsupported ski lift span in the world (over 3 km). i'm stoked, it will make it feasible to ride both mountains in a single day, rather that choosing a single one.

http://ww1.whistlerblackcomb.com/p2pg/home.html

booya! i was reading about this in the morning :) That's going to be an unreal ride..

R

That's awesome .. There's several great runs on each mountain and it was always a pain to pick one or the other.

Crazy. Whistler is the best mountain I've ever been to.

I can't wait to get up there someday!

Looks awesome.

Pretty damn sweet indeed..is it supposed to be finished by 2010?

About 10 years ago I was riding on the lift on Blackcomb, it stopped and our cart dropped a few feet. We were maybe 25-30 feet up - scary shit. After that I think I'll just walk peak to peak :)

I miss that place :(

wow - very cool

That kicks ass... I grew up riding at Whistler and yes that was always the big fight in the morning when we got there, choosing which mountain :1orglaugh

damn, nice

very cool. can't believe i still havent skied at whistler

I didn't get up there this year...Next year for sure and maybe over the summer for downhill biking and white water rafting. :)

scary ! who will make the gondola? Poma ? dopplmayr..?

I am in no way a skiing type person but it looks beautiful.

I wanna do it!

sweet:thumbsup

Nice concept, but hate to be out in the middle in a windstorm:Oh crap

Yup, I'll admire it from the ground :winkwink:

December 2008 is the scheduled opening date :)

i've been in crazy windstorms on the Whistler gondola, where they keep shutting it down due to wind, and the doors blow open. that happened a couple of times this year. a little freaky, but you get used to it.

yep, exactly. and since i live at the base of creekside, it will be much, much quicker to get over to the top of Blackcomb than it is right now.

Holy hell... thats a lot of air under you.

I am so pumped for that ... I have said that should have done that for years. Just got back from Heli skiing up there and I never want to go on a chairlift again tho lol

Nice ride :1orglaugh

Wow AWESOME!!!

DH